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Vancouver Maritime Museum
Category: Arts & Entertainment Museums Museums [Edit]
1905 Ogden AveVanier Park
Vancouver, BC V6J 1A3
Neighbourhood: Kitsilano
(604) 257-8300
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
4 reviews for Vancouver Maritime Museum
4 reviews in English
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Review from Gerardo S.
Vancouver, BC
9/11/2010
Great Maritime Museum in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The location is St. Roch, where the famous ship St. Roch is part of the exhibition.
The ship was the first ship in history who traveled around Canada and the USA over the north passage and trough the Panama Canal!
You will learn a lot about the history of British Columbia and it first European visitors from Spain and later from Britain and France, but also about the First Nation people.
This Museum is also fantastic for families with children. Their are birthday celebrations called "Pirate Parties".
Wish you wonderful hours there! -
Review from Ema N.
9/26/2009
At first I was very hesitant and reluctant to come here but after finally giving in to my boyfriend really, REALLY wanting to come here, I said yes.
The museum was delightful and surprisingly was not boring and totally cool. Everything opposite of what I'd imagined!
The tour begins with a short video (that also incorporate Inuits!) and a self walking tour of the St. Roch. After viewing the short video, I really appreciated the boat so much more, just because of the history and perils she endured.
The museum is also very culturally open and sensitive to the local indigenous population and the Inuit culture and First Nations/American Indians as well. The Ainu (Inu) who hail from Japan was also mentioned in one of the history boards you can read - this was amazing because even in Japan the Ainu are rarely discussed (still).
The walking area around the ship also had drawers of artifacts from St. Roch, other maritime explorers and the Inuit. This was totally cool and I pretty much pulled out each drawer to read and look at the descriptions of various tools and clothing.
The $10.00 I spent was worth every cent! There are bathroom facilities and an entire area for kids as well.
All in all, a very cool museum (and the park adjacent to it is also very pretty and free to enjoy)! -
Review from Noa G.
Vancouver, BC
10/21/2008 5 photos
This museum features the final moorage of the RCMP schooner, St. Roch, which is best known for its dangerous west to east voyage through the treacherous Northwest Passage.
Exhibits include an extensive collection of model ships and displays that chronicle British Columbia's seafaring tradition. Pirates Cove and the Discovery Center are great for kids, as they're allowed to dress up as pirates or build an underwater robot.Listed in: Like a tourist...
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Review from Lee N.
Vancouver, BC
2/11/2011
You have to see the St. Roch, it's a major unsung part of who we are as Canadians, there is that enough guilt???? This is a great way to spend a rainy winter Sunday afternoon. The collection of the museum is very eclectic and interesting but the main attraction is the tour of the St. Roch which of course we all know is the RCMP boat that traversed the Northwest Passage and worked as an Arctic supply vessel for many years until it washed up on Kits Point and became a symbol of Canadian Arctic pride, I always thought the English Bay Inuksuk should have been move to the lawn beside the St. Roch to keep it company.
